Yeah, I can see your point on Dowd's exaggeration about Clinton and Obama. I also agree on the media issues to a degree. I don't think the media is doing enough to focus on actual policy issues of either Clinton and Obama. I'm worried the primary race has become so distracted by Obama damage control that we will not be able to go back to a policy debate in the final moments of the primaries between Clinton and Obama. Anyway,the big point of all of this is what you say above and what Dowd concluded in her op-ed: Tearing down that image of Obama-as-Messiah may allow the scrutiny to go back to real policies? I sure hope so - I'd be much happier if America turned down Obama over their informed disagreement with his policy positions than if they turn him down in an irrational frenzy.

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	j nash	Mar 30, 2008 03:25AM GMTMarch 30, 2008 03:25:39
	Archie	Mar 19, 2008 11:23PM GMTMarch 19, 2008 23:23:33
	sioux~Proud American	Mar 19, 2008 10:40PM GMTMarch 19, 2008 22:40:30